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[B-Faithful]

I appreciate your input Jigstix and will give it consideration. I am a very opinionated person and am passionate about recreational fishing access and opportunity. I also believe tournaments are good for sport fishing (I know that topic is one I also involve my thoughts with as well) Dave Smith and others at the MSSA do hear from me frequently. However I am not seeking any leadership position within the MSSA. I actually have repectfully declined seeking a position this past year due to personal reasons and time commitments.

In regards to Judge, I do not believe I am not the face of Judge Yachts. I believe Bill's Boats are the face of the company. I do help market and get the word out about his boats but when the time comes for a person to layout tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars, most people will consider his boats regardless of how they feel about some of my positions. One would think and hope that they would seek Bill Judge directly if they didnt want to converse with me. I do agree that my desire for others to understand my positions may go overboard at times and I need to do a better job at keeping my passion for my beliefs with my desire for helping Bill in check. While I personally make my living in another industry, I certainly do not want to hurt Bill's efforts.

Do keep in mind that sometimes the bashing of me is good though. For example, many of the boats Bill competes against have a 9'+ beam (ie. parker 25 or C-hawk 25 has a 9'6" beam). Hopefully those that lurk have seen that the 27 Chesapeake is legally trailerable in the state of MD and may more strongly consider the boat over one of the competitors due to permit requirements for towing.

[reds]

Originally Posted by B-Faithful

Hopefully those that lurk have seen that the 27 Chesapeake is legally trailerable in the state of MD and may more strongly consider the boat over one of the competitors due to permit requirements for towing.

I guess I missed it.
Did someone post a message from the Maryland DOT about the Maximum of 8'6" width on trailers has been extended to more then that or is it just "Don't ASK, Don't TELL?

Please don't just put the law wording up here, I'm well familiar with what the law wording is.

BTW. The Harbor Tunnel is not the only 8' maximum road. All two lane roads are a maximum of 8' width in Maryland.

[halfmoon]

Originally Posted by reds

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I guess I missed it.
Did someone post a message from the Maryland DOT about the Maximum of 8'6" width on trailers has been extended to more then that or is it just "Don't ASK, Don't TELL?

Please don't just put the law wording up here, I'm well familiar with what the law wording is.

BTW. The Harbor Tunnel is not the only 8' maximum road. All two lane roads are a maximum of 8' width in Maryland.

"All two lane roads are a maximum of 8' width in Maryland"

Are you sure about that? I have driven sets of double 102s on RT404, RT313 and RT317 on the shore hundreds of times and past by MD state troopers without a problem.

[crabby and son]

MD roads are a 96 " towing width. Certain Federal roads are 102". Some Troopers enforce towing width regs and some don't. Six inches is hard to spot when a vehicle is traveling down the road, however if you are involved in an accident, the tape will come out..............Gary